Gunner 2643, "D" Battery 230th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Killed in Action aged 24 on Friday 29th September 1916.
Town of Residence: Derby
Duty Location: France and Flanders.
He was born in Alvaston, Derby in 1892 to John and Eliza Poxon.
In 1911 he was a Railway Labourer living at 40 Warren Street, Alvaston, with his siblings: Catherine 23, John 21, Frederick 17, Ernest 15, Herbert 7, Hannah 5 and Dorris 0.
There was also a William Henry Poxon, aged 20 in 1911, living at 40 Commerce Street, Crewton, parents George and Mary.
Gunner 2643, "D" Battery 230th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Killed in Action aged 24 on Friday 29th September 1916.
Town of Residence: Derby
Duty Location: France and Flanders.
He was born in Alvaston, Derby in 1892 to John and Eliza Poxon.
In 1911 he was a Railway Labourer living at 40 Warren Street, Alvaston, with his siblings: Catherine 23, John 21, Frederick 17, Ernest 15, Herbert 7, Hannah 5 and Dorris 0.
There was also a William Henry Poxon, aged 20 in 1911, living at 40 Commerce Street, Crewton, parents George and Mary.
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